| CPC H04W 72/1268 (2013.01) [H04L 1/1812 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.02)] | 10 Claims |

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1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a communication system, the method comprising:
identifying a primary cell with a first subcarrier spacing (SCS) configuration μp and a secondary cell with a second SCS configuration μs, wherein the primary cell is scheduled from the primary cell and the secondary cell;
identifying whether the first SCS configuration μp and the second SCS configuration μs are the same; and
monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on the primary cell and the secondary cell based on the identification of whether the first SCS configuration μp and the second SCS configuration μs are the same,
wherein, in case that the first SCS configuration μp and the second SCS configuration μs are the same as a SCS configuration μ1, a total number of PDCCH candidates MPDCCHtotal,slot,μ associated with the SCS configuration μ1 is identified by including the primary cell once in Ncells,0DL,μ downlink cells associated with the SCS configuration μ1,
wherein, in case that the first SCS configuration μp and the second SCS configuration μs are not the same, a first total number of PDCCH candidates MPDCCHtotal,slot,μ associated with the first SCS configuration μp and a second total number of PDCCH candidates MPDCCHtotal,slot,μ associated with the second SCS configuration μs are identified by including the primary cell only in Ncells,0DL,μ downlink cells associated with the first SCS configuration μp.
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